The members of Alpha Mu State of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
promote quality education and the professional development of Montana women educators.
Hover mouse over DKG rose for chapter name, area represented and date chartered.
Dissolved Chapters:
Epsilon - encompassed Liberty and Hill counties. Chartered November 14, 1941. Dissolved 2005.
Eta - encompassed Mineral County. Chartered May 6, 1944. Dissolved 2008
Nu - Miles City - encompassed Powder River, Custer, Prairie and Garfield counties. Chartered on April 9, 1950. Dissolved 2012
Xi - Billings - encompassed Golden Valley, Mussellshell, Carbon, Yellowstone, Stillwater and Big Horn counties. Chartered on April 11, 1954. Dissolved 2005
Pi - Livingston - encompassed Meagher, Sweetgrass and Park counties. Chartered May 5, 1956. Dissolved 2005
Tau - Laurel, Billings - encompasses Golden Valley, Mussellshell, Carbon, Yellowstone, Stillwater and Big Horn counties. Chartered February 29, 1959. Dissolved 2016
Chi - Plentywood, encompassed Daniels and Sheridan counties. Chartered April 22, 1961. Dissolved 2005
Psi - Forsyth - encompassed Rosebud and Treasure counties. Chartered February 24, 1962. Dissolved 2002
Alpha Beta - Superior - encompassed Mineral County. Chartered September 25, 1965. Dissolved 2005
Alpha Delta - Bozeman - encompassed Gallatin County. Chartered April 24, 1971. Dissolved 1986
Alpha Epsilon - Townsend - encompassed Broadwater County. Chartered April 10, 1980. Dissolved 2007
Alpha Eta - Wolf Point, Brockton - encompasses Roosevelt County. Chartered May 3, 1980. Dissolved 2016
Alpha Theta - Libby - encompassed Lincoln County. Chartered May 17, 1980. Dissolved 2004
Alpha Iota - Hamilton - encompassed Ravalli County. Chartered May 13, 1982. Dissolved 2013
Alpha Kappa - Thompson Falls - encompassed Sanders County. Chartered May 12, 1986. Dissolved 2007
Alpha Nu - Colstrip - encompassed Rosebud County. Chartered October 25, 1992. Dissolved 2007
Dr. Blanton came to Montana on April 13, 1940 to organize Montana as the thirty-sixth state in Delta Kappa Gamma. Alpha Mu State was organized at the Finlen Hotel in Butte, MT. Following a one o'clock luncheon, members were initiated, dues were collected, officers were elected and installed for Alpha Mu State. Alpha and Beta Chapters were chartered at that time. Plans were made to organize four chapters in the state. An attendance of 54 was reported.Dr. Blanton collected the dues and initiation fees until she became loaded down with cash, much of it in silver dollars. As the group met later in her room, Dr. Blanton emptied her pockets and purse, scooped up the piles of bills from her bed, and said, "This money is all mixed up. I don't know what to do with it. Here, Bess, you be the treasurer and straighten it out." Dr. Blanton dumped the money in Bess' lap. (Bess Stone served as the state treasurer from 1940 to 1946.) Dr. Blanton went to Billings next and installed Gamma Chapter on April 15 before going to Great Falls to install Delta Chapter on April 16. She then went to Idaho to organize Alpha Nu State at Pocatello on April 18, 1940. Information taken from Fifty Years in Montana Ethel T. Picton State Editor 1966-1990.
Alpha Mu State Founders
Mildred Beaudoin
Minnie P. Elliot
Marion Bainbridge Elmslie
Zella Flores
Thelma Fay Fouts
Alice Laustad
Huldah Laustad
Agnes McDonald
Helen O'Dea
Dr. Catherine Nutterville
Edna Tobias Reeser
Margaret Reese
Margaret Skinner
Estelle Ryan
Lois Toumbley
Bess Vera Stone
Organized April 13, 1940
Finlen Hotel, Butte
Dr. Annie Webb Blanton, Organizer
ALPHA MU STATE PAST PRESIDENTS
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